Social Theory and Education Research : Understanding Foucault, Habermas, Bourdieu and Derrida (Paperback, 2 ed)

Section 1: Introduction Social theory and methodology in education research: From conceptualisation to operationalisation (Mark Murphy and Cristina Costa)　 Section 2: Foucault　 Foucault and his acolytes: Discourse, power and ethics (Julie Allan) Retooling school surveillance research: Foucault and (post)panopticism (Andrew Hope) Using Foucault to examine issues of girls’ education in a religiously driven post-colonial-security state (Ali Sameer) Section 3: Habermas Jurgen Habermas: Education’s Increasingly Recognized Hero (Terence Lovat) Between the state and the street: Habermas and education governance (Mark Murphy) Applying Habermas’ theory of communicative action in an analysis of recognition of prior learning (Fredrik Sandberg) Section 4: Bourdieu Bourdieu and educational research: Thinking tools, relational thinking, beyond epistemological innocence (Shaun Rawolle and Bob Lingard) Research in Christian Academies: Perspectives from Bourdieu (Elizabeth Green) Bourdieu applied: Exploring perceived parental influence on adolescent students’ educational choices for studies in higher education (Irene Kleanthous) Section 5: Derrida Derrida and educational research: An introduction (Jones Irwin) ‘Derrida applied’: Derrida meets Dracula in the geography classroom (Christine Winter) Engaging with student teachers on reflective writing: Reclaiming writing (Duncan Mercieca)